Season 5 of the drama series Drop Dead Diva, premiered on June 23, 2013 and concluded on November 3, 2013. It aired on Lifetime and consisted of 13 episodes.
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Cast[]
Episodes[]
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Back From the Dead | June 23, 2013 | 01 | ||
| Jane frantically searches for Owen. Luke tells Jane that "Old Jane" is back on earth and could be in anyone's body, even Owen's. Jane juggles her personal challenges while representing a desperate father trying to save his eight-year old son. Meanwhile, Kim takes on the case of a woman whose ex-boyfriend posted nude photos of her on a website that is devoted to ex-girlfriend revenge. Luke tells Jane he failed to keep her away from Grayson, and therefore must return to heaven. Jane meets Luke's replacement, Paul (Justin Deeley). Finally, Jane gets an unexpected visitor. | |||||
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The Real Jane | June 30, 2013 | 02 | ||
| Jane finds herself working side-by-side with "Old Jane", who's now in the body of a hot model named Brittney (Natalie Hall). Grayson and Kim take on the case of mild mannered father and mattress salesman, Cyd Pinar (Lee Tergesen). When Owen steps in to replace the judge who was originally assigned the case, Grayson feels that Owen should recuse himself. | |||||
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Surrogates | July 7, 2013 | 03 | ||
| Kim announces a new partner at the firm, shocking Jane and Grayson. Jane struggles to keep her personal feelings aside after Owen assigns her the case of a jilted bride who's suing her former fiancee for damages. Kim and Grayson represent a surrogate mother looking for the missing parents of the child she is about to deliver. Stacy gets discouraged when she seeks advice from business mogul Barbara Corcoran about making The Pakery profitable. | |||||
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Cheaters | July 14, 2013 | 04 | ||
| In an attempt to be professional, Jane and Owen partner on a case of a teenage boy who has been accused of cheating on the SATs. Meanwhile, Kim and Grayson defend the owner of a dog that is accused of impregnating a prized pooch that lives next door. Jane enlists Paul to spy on Stacy when she begins acting strangely. | |||||
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Secret Lives | July 21, 2013 | 05 | ||
| Jane tries to impress both Owen and the owners of major baseball team by representing their star player when he's accused of murder. Meanwhile, Kim helps a friend (Brigid Brannagh) fight for her alimony. Owen's new assistant, Nicole (Annie Ilonzeh), helps Grayson mend his broken heart and Teri advises Stacy on what to look for in a sperm donor. | |||||
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Fool for Love | July 28, 2013 | 06 | ||
| Jane attempts to reconcile with Owen while they work together representing a professor who's been arrested for smuggling drugs. Kim goes up against Grayson's ex-fiancé Vanessa in a case where Kim represents a woman fighting for rights to a very successful video game she created with her recently deceased boyfriend. Stacy invites a handful of her exes to a "donor party" where she tries to assess who might be the best sperm donor. | |||||
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Miss Congeniality | August 4, 2013 | 07 | ||
| A pageant contestant (Abigail Klein) is stripped of her crown after claiming the Miss Universal Globe competition is rigged. Meanwhile, Kim represents her estranged dad when he loses his coaching job; and Stacy tries to convince Jane that Owen is an ideal sperm donor. | |||||
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50 Shades of Grayson | August 11, 2013 | 08 | ||
| Kim and Grayson represent an erotic romance novel writer. Jane represents a groom-to-be who is arrested at his bachelor party for breaking an "impersonating an American citizen" law while returning across the border from Mexico. A handsome lawyer at the San Diego courthouse where the trial is held asks Jane to dinner and kisses her, but his intentions are not exactly pure. Kim has her baby while Stacy is artificially inseminated. Jane sees Grayson kissing Nicole after deciding to tell him she has feelings for him. Also an accountant who had been asking questions around the firm, reveals his true purpose to Owen and Kim. | |||||
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Trust Me | October 6, 2013 | 09 | ||
| Everyone at Harrison and Parker deals with Parker's decision to sell the firm. Grayson represents a man who claims to be a vampire in a criminal trial. Jane represents a woman who could lose her safe house, but when things go south, she must defend herself in a malpractice lawsuit. Stacy is upset after Owen gives her an amendment to her and Owen's sperm donor contract. | |||||
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The Kiss | October 13, 2013 | 10 | ||
| Stacy and Owen deal withthe aftermath following their kis. Jane represents a woman who was injured while participating in a "spouse swap" set up by a couples counselor, Dr. Reza (Illeana Douglas). Grayson and Owen help a man named Frank (David Alpay) who set himself up as his own corporation, with his shareholders voting on every aspect of his life, only to now have the shareholders vote down his plans to get married. | |||||
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One Shot | October 20, 2013 | 11 | ||
| Grayson has a new client, Marty Frumm (Richard Kind), who is getting married for the third time and wants a "love contract" put into his prenup. One of Jane's former clients named Becca (Alexandra Holden) approaches her about being in danger since she found cocaine hidden in a drawer at work. Owen defends Ashley (Lindsay Pearce), a teenage television star being blackmailed by a photographer who snapped nude pictures of her through a hotel window. Meanwhile, the rift between Jane and Stacy over the latter dating Owen comes to a head. | |||||
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Guess Who's Coming? | October 27, 2013 | 12 | ||
| Jane represents Deb's mother in a scandalous case involving sex solicitation; Grayson visits Wyoming where he must try a California client's case under Wyoming law; Nicole and Grayson's relationship takes a turn; Stacy is humiliated at yoga class. | |||||
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Jane's Secret Revealed | November 3, 2013 | 13 | ||
| Jane offers to represent an Amish farmer in a life or death legal case against a big oil company. Grayson helps a dominatrix try to collect a debt from one of her clients. Jane's mother comes to Los Angeles and it turns out she is dying of a brain tumor. She admits she knows Deb isn't Jane before dying. Grayson is about to kiss Jane when the real Jane (as Brittney) shows up, angered she couldn't say goodbye to her mother and tells Grayson that Jane isn't who she says she is. | |||||
Trivia[]
- A month and a half after Lifetime canceled Drop Dead Diva, the show was brought back for a fifth season after the network signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television.
- Jane will again have a new gaurdian angel, played by Justin Deeley.
- Natalie Hall will make an appearance as Brittney, a young and pretty model whose body is inhabited by the real Jane Bingum.
- Josh Stamberg will not be returning as Jay Parker.
- Annie Ilonzeh will have a recurring role as Owen's new assistant, Nicole.
- Some of the guest stars set to appear: Barbara Corcoran, John Ratzenberger, and Sandra Bernhard.